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Sreedevi Ande P.E.

in-1. Introduction class discussions which helped students overcome their Students, who are actively engaged in learning, learn confusion or misconceptions on the topic(s) learned. Theymore [1, 2]. The purpose of a think-pair-share activity is to eventually were able to successfully solve the problem(s)put the teaching and learning into the hands of the students. by taking turns in explaining the concepts and problemResearch has shown that student-led reflection and solving techniques.organized discussion will lead to greater learning outcomes 3.1 Evaluation Results and Conclusionsthan simply

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Thomas J. Dobrowski

Adaptation of a University Soils Mechanics Course for a Union Technician Training Program Thomas J. Dobrowski Department of Construction Science and Organizational Leadership, Purdue Northwest, 1401 South U.S. Highway 421, Westville, Indiana 46391; e-mail: tdobrows@pnw.edu Abstract mechanics and the benefits to both the university and the trade union. When dealing with the term“geotechnical”, most often engineersassociate this with the engineering during the 1. Introductiondesign phase. However, equally important is Decisions made in the

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John Etringer; Stephen OÍBrien; Austin Updegraff; Timothy Langerhans; Andrew Nadjari; Chan Kim; Aaron Hill; Michael Campbell

Analyzing Multidisciplinary Team Effectiveness in an Engineering Environment: A Case Study of the West Point Steel Bridge Design TeamJohn Etringer, Stephen O’Brien, Austin Updegraff, Timothy Langerhans, Andrew Nadjari, Chan Kim, Aaron Hill, Michael Campbell Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering United States Military Academy 752 Thayer Rd, West Point, NY 10996 E-mail: john.etringer@usma.edu Abstract 1. Structure The West Point Steel Bridge Design Team is a group of Five

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Aaron T. Hill; Michael C. Campbell

essentially ended any previous iteration.[1] This iteration, in lieu of studentsfurther contact time with the material, resulting in students turning in their work in pairs to receive one grade, eachquickly dumping a good percentage of what was learned. student would turn in their individual work and DesignTo make matters worse, most faculty would agree that Review sheet. This was done to hold all studentsundergraduate students often skip the reading prior to class, accountable for the work they completed. In addition, theand studies have shown that almost half of all students do instructor provided Design Review sheet was modified fornot pay attention to material presented during a lecture. clarity and the

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Vijaya Gopu; Ayman Okeil; Roger Seals

Introduction of Structural Health Monitoring to Civil Engineering Education Vijaya Gopu 1, Ayman Okeil 2 and Roger Seals 2 1 Louisiana Transportation Research Center and University of Louisiana- Lafayette 2 Louisiana State University 4101 Gourrier Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 E-mail: v.gopu@la.gov Abstract relevance and merit in the preparation of civil and This paper describes the development of a Structural environmental engineering professionals, there is a

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Mena Souliman

to materials characterization, and design of flexiblereplace some portion of traditional face-to-face meeting pavements for highways and airports. The major learningtime with online instruction. objectives of the course are: In spite of the increased recognition of Internet-based 1. Develop an organized approach to solving trafficlearning or distance learning, pure distance learning has engineering analysis and

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Heather S. Rose; Charles R. Upshaw; Joshua D. Rhodes; Yuval Edrey; Michael E. Webber

building the system was to three-fold: 1) Experience theequipment, Joshua added a full meteorological station and learning exercise of designing a rainwater collectionassociated data collection systems for air temperature, system, 2) Create a small-scale system that could be usedrelative humidity, wind speed and direction, and for rainwater-related research ideas, and 3) Provide aprecipitation. All data are displayed in real time on the demonstration system to educate students and others onresearch group’s website and is made available to students rainwater collection.and the public for research, analysis, and student projects[1]. An archive of the data since Summer 2012 is

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Madeline Small; Monica Jackson; Pierre Neuenschwander; Shih-Feng Chou

Water Content and Thermoplastic Polyurethane Effects on Thrombosis Clotting Madeline Small1§, Monica Jackson2, Pierre Neuenschwander2, Shih-Feng Chou1† Author Affiliation: 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd, Tyler, TX, 75799, USA 2 Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler

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Jeffrey Thompson; Mulugeta Gizaw; Shih-Feng Chou

molecule drug release from electrospunfor topical administration on mucosal sites. These advantages nanofibers and to further inform the development of drug-include the ability to achieve high drug loading (up to 60%) eluting nanofibers for controlled release purpose.and encapsulation efficiency (up to 100%), to incorporatevarious polymers for accommodations of a wide variety ofbiological agents, to modulate release, and to provide process 2. Materials and Methodssimplicity and cost-effectiveness [1]. 2.1 Materials Electrospinning is a process that continuously draws Chitosan powder (90% deacetylation) was obtained

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Julio Alonso; Jesus Vargas; Daniel Li; Abraham Elizarraras; Tony Hoang; Khanh Vu; J. Patterson; Mohammad Palwala; Marco Maldonado; Masaki Isago; Mark Aranda; Lan Trinh; Tu Huynh; Tie Nguyen; Bao Ly; Jiao Huang; Heidar Malki; Xiaojing Yuan

Beyond First/Last Mile Active Transportation – BikeShare@UH Julio Alonso, Jesus Vargas, Daniel Li1, Abraham Elizarraras, Tony Hoang, Khanh Vu, J. Patterson, Mohammad Palwala, Marco Maldonado, Masaki Isago, Mark Aranda, Lan Trinh, Tu Huynh, Tie Nguyen, Bao Ly, Jiao Huang2, Heidar Malki, Xiaojing Yuan Succeed in Engineering Technology Scholars (SETS) University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA xyuan@uh.edu 1. TAMS program, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203 2. University of Texas – Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080 xyuan@uh.edu Abstract

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Ifte Choudhury

The study population consists of students who registeredOn any given Friday, most of the college campuses seem for a Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing course at anless crowded than other days of the work week [1]. There undergraduate level in a state university for Springare some reports that bear testimony to the fact that semester in 2017. Number of students enrolled for thisstudents avoid Friday classes, either by not attending them course was 137 students (11 females and 126 males

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2019 PPC

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Hesham El-Rewini; Kazerounian Kazem

Partnerships• Strategies:  Leveraged RSoM relations and strategically engaged CEAS Dean’s Council members to build regional research partnerships with major clinical partners: ‘  Worked closely with SBU government relations to make the case to the governor’s office and the legislature  Part of SBU’s Research & Development Park  Translational research focused on economic development• Achievement: Raised $75M from NYS for a new building to house the IEDM (under construction) New Engineering Building• CEAS by numbers: 1 in # of BS degrees in New York State 24/34 in # of BS/MS degrees Nationally 1420 average SAT scores• Goal: Raise

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Miriam Quintal

Debt $303 billion 7%Federal Investments in Engineering• 60 percent of federal research investments in university engineering are funded by the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. Other USDA 11% 1% NASA 7% DOD Total Investment: 41% $6.8 billion

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Bruce Tromberg

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Lewis Burke

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Lewis Burke

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Susan Lund

Last Modified 1/31/2019 10:50 AM Eastern Standard Time AI, automation, and the future of work: Implications for Engineering Deans SUSAN LUND, MCKINSEY GLOBAL INSTITUTE February 5, 2019 PrintedCONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARYAny use of this material without specific permission of McKinsey & Company is strictly prohibitedToday’s discussion Last Modified 1/31/2019 10:50 AM Eastern Standard Time1 Rapid progress in AI has led companies to start adopting

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2019 ERC

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James A. Dodd

Air AirForce ForceResearch ResearchLaboratory Laboratory AFOSR Overview 12 March 2019 James A. Dodd Deputy Chief Scientist Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchIntegrity  Service  Excellence Distribution A. Cleared for public release. 1 Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Information Munitions

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Pamela Norris; Julie Martin; Heather Watson

% 20% 17% 15% 15% 20% 13% 18% 10% 10% 1% 2% 0% 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 All All Science/Engineering Computing Engineering US Percentage of UG degrees in CS andEngineering Compared to other Countries 2014 data, National Science Board, Science & Engineering

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Jennifer Bernhard; Larry Hornak

1 Building Leadership OpportunitiesJennifer Bernhard, Associate Dean for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignLarry Hornak, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Georgia 2Session Goals Promote discussion among attendees about effective approaches and best practices to build leadership skills in faculty needed to support the growth of funded faculty research groups and centers. Cultivation of the ability to Build, Lead, and Manage  Multi-Investigator Research Groups  Multi

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Patrick Shiflette

INFORMATION. The Chinese citizen leveraged presen- citizen gave presentations at Chinese universities tations of sensitive U.S. company information to gain and government research entities. employment in China. •ASKING FOR SENSITIVE MATERIAL WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. The Chinese citizen possessed sen- sitive U.S. company information on a non-work-issued computer.1 V1-01/2019

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Patrick Shiflette

Chinese government agencies and state- izen did not notify his employer about his foreign contact owned enterprises. with officials at the Chinese Academy of Science. •LARGE AMOUNTS OF CASH. Upon entering the Unit- ed States from China, the Chinese citizen was carrying $10,000 in cash.1 V1-01/2019 CASE EXAMPLE: RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPSRESEARCH PARTNERSHIP THREATS: VULNERABILITIES, INDICATORS, AND MITIGATIONVULNERABILITIESSome circumstances that may render employees or companies more vulnerable to becoming

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Patrick Shiflette

•Agricultural equipment •Marine engineering equipment and high-tech ships •New materials •Advanced rail transportation equipment •Biomedicine and high-performance medical instruments ACCORDING TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S STATE COUNCIL, CHINA USES THE FOLLOWING FOUR-STEP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO GAIN A TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE: The Chinese government uses numerous methods—some legitimate but others, such as stealing 1 INTRODUCE technology from foreign competitors, meant to illicitly introduce foreign technology and knowl- edge to China. 2 The Chinese government uses its

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John Coulter; Vahid Motevalli; Bill Dunne

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Gurdip Singh; Carrie Berger

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Gurdip Singh; Carrie Berger

onboarding (self-described as too much); program with bringing in external mentors from other universities (some departments).• Establish 3-person mentoring committees for each new faculty member.At the department level with nearly a day of on-boarding and orientation (teaching, advising,research, business office, tech).College level had an icebreaker event in a nearby restaurant in which new faculty were joined bythose that joined not so long ago (1-2 years in).2. Do faculty receive separate orientations for different topics such asteaching and research? Yes - separate for both initial orientation as well as during the ensuing semester/year. Provostgroups for teaching excellence.Yes.Combined at South Dakota. No teaching on boarding at UC Santa

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Joan S. Cleveland

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Dawn Tilbury; Joanne Tornow; Jim Kurose; Anne Kinney

Convergence Accelerator Track driven evaluation FW-HTF Convergence Accelerator Track initial tracks: in HDR, FW-HTF Future accelerator tracks < 1% of NSF budget MPS GEO ENG CISE EHR

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Rebecca Keiser

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Kara T Hall

ORIENTATION SCALE 5 4 REACH/BREADTH COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES SCALE 3 Time 1 2 Time 2 1 0 Uni Inter/Trans INDIVIDUALS